Features

Are you a Fresher anxious to learn about Exeter’s best-kept secrets? Or a returner eager to try something new? Charlotte Black takes us on a whistle-stop tour around Exeter, recommending the best places to immerse yourself in your reading.

Whether you’re a humanities student or not, deciphering academic essays is challenging at the best of times. One can easily be overwhelmed by the amount of information available and the often dense writing style. Jessica Holifield shares her top tips for tackling secondary resources and how to use them to your advantage.

Have you ever wandered into a bookshop and stumbled upon a “booktok” section? Reading, thanks to social media, is now trendier than ever. Certain novels and authors, however, seem particularly popular. Our social media executive Emily Im takes a deep dive into current literary trends and what is fuelling them.

Franz Kafka claimed that “first impressions are always unreliable”, but are they? Rhian Hutchings assesses the importance of books’ opening lines and why some are more impactful than others.

Georgia Balmer discusses Eve Babitz’s life and writing, and why her work remains relevant today.

As summer is well underway, Danni Darrah writes about which books you should bring with you on your next trip to Exmouth.

Georgia Balmer investigates the lack of middle-aged women in Hollywood productions. Is youth and beauty a necessity for stardom?

Austin Taylor explores how a newly published collection of Franz Kafka’s documents can expand our knowledge of the author’s life.

Emma Blackmore analyses the use of food symbolism in art to criticise human overconsumption.

The Great Gatsby is out of copyright, and Olivia Garrett anticipates the book’s new life in the public domain.